Nightlife in the Area

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Student Responses to Review Topic: What To Do For Fun

Our campus has many events for people to participate in, and the RAs try to put on events as well. The fraternities have parties at the beginning of the year for everybody but after that they are mainly for members, pledges, and friends. Rapid city has a great down town which is really fun to walk around. There are bars if you are of age, a hookah lounge, and the Elk's theater which shows out of theaters but usually not out on DVD movies for much less! Aside from that dorm life is really the most fun as you can hang out with many people and watch movies or play video games. It's not the most exciting campus but if you take advantage of what is offered to you it can give you many unforgettable memories.

Since it is a small campus, like I said, you mostly just sit and talk with friends, watch sports and movies, but the one thing you'll do a lot in South Dakota is outdoor activities. Hiking and biking is probably the two most common things to do.

There are so many things to do for fun around Rapid City! The school is always advertising things like open mic nights and movie nights. A lot of the clubs have events going on that are open to non-club members and it's nice because they'll post the signs on the sidewalk (they literally tape signs for events on the sidewalk) so that everyone can notice them! In Rapid City there are many great restaurants, I suggest Que Pasa, it's a Mexican Grill and it is so good! Also there is Mount. Rushmore and for those interested in animals you can check out Bear Country or Reptile Gardens. Reptile Gardens does a snake and crocodile show every day (weather permitting) so you can go everyday and see a different show because they use live snakes and crocodiles!

The school is constantly bringing in shows, like magicians and hypnotists, as well as providing activities like free movie nights at the Elks theater or free ice skating. The Music Center puts on open mic nights, karaoke nights, and concerts. The school's location in the Black Hills gives a lot of opportunities to go hiking, cliff jumping, and sight seeing. There are many clubs and groups on campus for everyone to find somewhere to fit, from blacks smithing club to Gamers for Service, who put on Humans VS Zombies every year. There are also many sporting events to attend from rivalry football games against BHSU to soccer games, a new event to our school. There is also a variety of fraternities and sororities to check out if you're interested in Greek life.

Once tourist season is over in Rapid, there isn't much to do, so students have to rely on themselves for entertainment. Movies, board games and just general goofing off is what students usually do. My roommates and I usually went bowling 1 or 2 times a month.

Since the schools back yard is the Black Hills there is an endless amount of activities to do. Hiking, backpacking, skiing/snowboarding, snowmobiling, mountain biking, rock climbing, you get the picture. If you are not the outdoorsy type downtown has been improving it's appeal to the younger people with shopping and dining.

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